What are the top 8 spoken languages in world?

Here are the top 8 spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers, according to Ethnologue:

1. Mandarin Chinese: 939 million

2. Hindi: 602 million

3. English: 379 million

4. Spanish: 534 million

5. Arabic: 274 million

6. Bengali: 265 million

7. Portuguese: 257 million

8. Russian: 154 million

Note: These figures are based on native speakers only. If you include second language speakers and people who use the language for other purposes (e.g., business), the numbers for some languages would be significantly higher.